Biography:
Buxing Han, Professor at Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences for the Advancement of Science in Developing Countries(TWAS); Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry. He is Director of CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics; Director of Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes.
His research interests include physicochemical properties of green solvent systems and application of green solvents in green chemistry, especially on transformation of CO2 and biomass into valuable chemicals and fuels. He has published more than 800 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals, such as Science, Nat. Commun., Sci. Adv., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Chem. Rev., Acc. Chem. Res., and the papers have been cited more than 30000 times. He has also published 40 patents, and has presented more than 200 plenary or invited lectures at different conferences. He received a number of awards, such as 2nd-Class Award of Chinese Government for Development of Natural Science, 2st-Class Award of Science and Technology of Beijing.
He is a Chief Scientist of China Innovation Think Tank; Chairman of Green Chemistry Division, Chinese Chemical Society; President of Beijing Energy and Environment Society; Former Chairman of Subcommittee on Green Chemistry, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), former Titular Member of Division III of IUPAC, and former Chairman of Thermodynamics and Thermal Analysis Committee, Chinese Chemical Society. He is an Editor-in-Chief of The Innovation, Associate Editors of Green Chem., Chinese Sci. Bulletin, Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica, Chemical Journal of Chinese Universities, and is serving more than 10 other peer-reviewed scientific journals as Editorial Board Member or Advisory Board Member, such as such as Chem. Sci., ChemSusChem, J. Chem. Thermodyn., Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry，Energies, J. Supercritical Fluid, Green Chemical Engineering, Sci. China Chem.
